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Holy cow, I have buds! On the dahlias I started indoors.

linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)

15 years ago

I left town for 4 days and when I came back today found that 2 of the ~40 dahlias I started indoors in paper-lined pots in Mid-March have buds already! They are Humpty Dumpty, a dwarf variety I have not grown before. I have grown dwarf ones before, just not this one, and have never had buds until they were planted outside. I am amazed. These 2 plants only have something like 6 pairs of leaves.

I am psyched! More so than usual...

Coming back from the sunny warm south (Tennessee)to find daffodils, early tulips, and hyacinths blooming in my chilly yard helped too.

Comments (3)

jroot
15 years ago
That is a nice feeling to see those early buds. This year, my dwarf dahlias were the first to sprout. Maybe they too will be the first to bud. :)
Poochella
15 years ago
Congratulations Linnea! You're going to have a long and early dahlia season! I am just potting up now and was happy to have one be 6 inches tall LOL. If you saw the condition of our foul, cold, completely soggy soil you would know I am in no hurry to plant outdoors.
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linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)
Original Author
15 years ago
Sorry to hear your weather has been bad. (WeÂve had our share of soggy too!) It was 68 degrees F here today and I was so tempted to haul those dahlias outside. But with a month until our past frost date, I resisted.

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